Pallas and the Centaur

Sandro Botticelli

c. 1482 · Tempera on canvas · Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Size2:3 ratio

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Pallas and the Centaur

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Giuliano de' Medici

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About this work

Artist: Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510)
Year: c. 1482
Medium: Tempera on canvas
Original size: 205 × 147.5 cm
Collection: Uffizi Gallery, Florence
Movement: Renaissance

A tall woman crowned and garlanded with olive, carrying an ornate halberd, takes hold of the hair of a centaur, who holds a bow and turns towards her with a look of submission; behind them rises a rock face and a calm bay with a ship. Her white dress is scattered with the Medici emblem of interlaced diamond rings. Botticelli painted the life-size canvas in Florence in about 1482, soon after returning from work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome. It is generally read as an allegory of reason or chastity taming passion, the centaur's usual meaning. The woman was called Camilla in the earliest record, a 1499 inventory listing the picture in the same room as Primavera in the palace of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, and Minerva, the Roman Pallas, in 1516. It is often connected with Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco's wedding in 1482. Overlooked for centuries, it was noticed in an ante-room of the Palazzo Pitti in 1895 and has been in the Uffizi since 1922.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A garlanded woman in white and green with a gold halberd taming a centaur before a rock and a pale bay, for a living room, study or stair wall at 24×36 in natural wood. A soft sage, cream or warm grey wall; it pairs with Primavera.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
Era: 15th century (c. 1482)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Pallas and the Centaur in the public domain?

Yes. Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445–1510) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Uffizi Gallery.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Pallas and the Centaur painted, and in what medium?

Pallas and the Centaur dates from c. 1482 and was made in tempera on canvas; the original measures 205 × 147.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Pallas and the Centaur we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Sandro Botticelli's Pallas and the Centaur — Pallas and the Centaur — the goddess of wisdom, crowned with olive, holding a centaur gently by the hair — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Botticelli and the Florentine Renaissance, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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